Albania

News about Albania, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

May. 11, 2015

Eight police officers and 14 suspected members of Albanian rebel group Kosovo Liberation Army are killed during fighting in northern Macedonia. MORE

Oct. 21, 2014

Albanian Prime Min Edi Rama's scheduled visit to Belgrade, Serbia, is postponed after provocative stunt at soccer match in Belgrade that fanned ethnic tensions, spurred violence and provoked apparent cyberattack; visit would have been first by Albanian prime minister in nearly 70 years. MORE

Oct. 15, 2014

Soccer Roundup; qualifying match between Serbia and Albania for the 2016 European Championship is abandoned after skirmishes break out involving players and fans over an Albanian flag that was flown above the field by a drone; other soccer news noted. MORE

Jun. 17, 2014

Hundreds of Albanian police officers storm lawless southern village Lazarat after people suspected of growing marijuana fired rocket-propelled grenades, mortars and machine guns at officers during drug raid. MORE

Nov. 19, 2013

Story of how Albania saved virtually all of its 200 native Jews and 400 Jewish refugees from Germany and Austria, in addition to helping spirit hundreds more over from Nazi-occupied lands, will be retold in Dec at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York; Albania has practical reasons for wanting this story known, as it is seeking membership in the European Union. MORE

Nov. 16, 2013

Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons approves plan for elimination of Syria’s chemical arms that calls for most of arsenal to be destroyed outside country; approval comes same day that Albania turns down American request to help with disposal, dealing blow to Washington’s efforts to find country prepared to undertake politically sensitive disarmament project. MORE

Mar. 31, 2013

May. 9, 2012

Federal government grants asylum to Albanian informer Edmond Demiraj, ending a case that had reached the Supreme Court as he sought to prove that he feared for himself and his family if they were returned to their home country. MORE

Mar. 13, 2012

Albanian court sentences 19 former officials to prison for a series of explosions at an ammunition disposal factory near the capital of Tirana that killed 26 people in 2008. MORE

Feb. 21, 2012

Gunmen in Afghan police uniforms open fire on NATO troops in southern Afghanistan, killing an Albanian soldier and wounding a second Albanian and another international soldier. MORE

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December 31, 2014, Wednesday

The prime ministers of Serbia and Albania pledged Monday to put their differences aside and focus on their mutual desire to join the European Union — but the good feelings did not last until the end of their joint news conference.